Ugh, so frustrated! Trying to upgrade to Win 11 and it keeps blocking me?

4451bcn · Post by **4451bcn** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 1:53 pm

You could also check if your motherboard has a TPM 2.0 setting that needs to be manually enabled in the BIOS. Hope that helps.

AaIujcFtqdqW · Post by **AaIujcFtqdqW** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 3:36 pm

Agreed. Ah, that Pentium G4560 is actually one of the CPUs that isn't on the official Windows 11 supported list, so that's likely the hard blocker.

EtzboS0 · Post by **EtzboS0** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 5:29 pm

I had the same problem with an older processor. The list of supported CPUs is really strict, and there's no official workaround for that specific error. Hope that helps.

LaptopSeeker94 · Post by **LaptopSeeker94** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 6:50 pm

This. You could also check if your motherboard supports TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot, as those are also required. Let me know if that works.

ffRUO3Ws · Post by **ffRUO3Ws** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 9:28 pm

+1 I had the same problem with an older CPU. That Pentium isn't on Microsoft's supported list, so it's a hard block, even if TPM is enabled.

bvul36695 · Post by **bvul36695** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 10:35 pm

You could also look into a clean install using an ISO, as that sometimes bypasses the upgrade block for unsupported hardware. Let me know if that works.